F is for food

Cake display in Gerrard Street, Chinatown, London, by Cybermyth13.

Fancy food on display in a patisserie in Gerrard Street, Chinatown, London.

F on Conor's A-Z

G is for Giant

Giant Squirrel by ROA - 2, by Cybermyth13.

Giant Squirrel by street artist ROA, near Bethnal Green Road, Tower Hamlets, East London.

H is for Hackney

Mare Street, Hackney, early evening, by Cybermyth13.

Hackney Central at dusk on a Monday in January 2010. The Hackney Empire is the building on the left. The decorative lights are described by Hackney Council as seasonal lights.

I is for Inflatable

Giant Bunny invades Covent Garden by Cybermyth13.

An inlatable giant rabbit by Jeff Koon was displayed at Covent Garden in October 2009.

I in Conor's A-Z.

J is for Jumping

Two Pupils statue, King's Road, London - 4, by Cybermyth13.

The statue of a boy jumping over a bollard.

Part of the Two Pupils statue by Allister Bowtell (1940-2006), made in 2002. The statue representing two pupils from c1814 and commemorates the Royal Military Asylum (renamed The Duke of York's Royal Military School in 1892) which occupied the site from 1803-1909. The statue is liocated just off the King's Road near Sloane Square.

Allister Bowtell: "...a pupil in about 1820, leap-frogging over a Chelsea bollard, trying to impress a girl sitting on a plinth who is pretending not to see him."

J in Conor's A-Z.

K is for Kinetica

Kinetica, Dalston, London E8, by Cybermyth13.

Kinetica is a new housing development in Dalston, Hackney, London E8. The 14-storey building designed by Waugh Thistleton Architects. The apartment block features four wind turbines stacked vertically down the rear of the building.. The rear is designed to channel the wind towards the turbines. The wind turbines were made by the firm Quiet Revolution.

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L is for Lego

James May's Toy Stories - Lego House , by Cybermyth13.

In a vineyard outside Dorking in Surrey, a house was built entirely of Lego for a TV programme presented by James May.

Construction took place during August and September 2009. The TV programme was shown in the UK in December 2009 as part of the Toy Stories series. I have a set of photos on Flickr of the construction and demolition (click here) and on my other blog. Conor's pix (click here).

L in Conor's A-Z.